Data about Atlantic Ocean hurricanes from 1851 to 2020. The Atlantic hurricane season is roughly from June through November. Tropical cyclones in the North Atlantic are called hurricanes, tropical storms, or tropical depressions.
Rows: 170
Columns: 4
$ Year <dbl> 1851, 1852, 1853, 1854, 1855, 1856, 1857, 1858, 1859, 1860,…
$ Named <dbl> 6, 5, 8, 5, 5, 6, 4, 6, 8, 7, 8, 6, 9, 5, 7, 7, 9, 4, 10, 1…
$ Hurricanes <dbl> 3, 5, 4, 3, 4, 4, 3, 6, 7, 6, 6, 3, 5, 3, 3, 6, 7, 3, 7, 10…
$ Major <dbl> 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 2,…
# A tibble: 6 × 4
Year Named Hurricanes Major
<dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl>
1 1851 6 3 1
2 1852 5 5 1
3 1853 8 4 2
4 1854 5 3 1
5 1855 5 4 1
6 1856 6 4 2
Source: StatCrunch public datasets
Landsea, Chris and Blake, Eric. (June 30, 2021). “Was 2020 a Record-Breaking Hurricane Season? Yes, But…” Inside the Eye, the Offical Blog of the National Hurricane Center.